Changing My Bethel Email Address

Summary

Bethel Community members who wish to use a different email address may select an email alias for their account. The available addresses contain parts of your name. 

Note: this does not change your Bethel username. You will still receive any emails sent to your (username)@bethel.edu email address.

Reserving/Activating an Email Alias

1. Log into IAM at https://iam.bethel.edu.
   
   
2. Under Information Management, click Manage Email Aliases
   
   
3. Verify that the Select action: drop-down displays Reserve.
   
   
4. Under Address to reserve: select an email alias and click Submit.
   
   Note: If you already have an active email alias you will need to deactivate your old alias before activating a new one.
   Note: The deactivated alias will still exist and work for 2 months
   
   
5. After the web page reloads, click Manage Email Aliases again.
   
   
6. Under Select action: click Activate and select the alias you just reserved.
   
   
7. Click Submit to activate your new email alias.

Deactivating an Email Alias

1. Verify that the Select action: drop-down displays Deactivate.
   
   
2. Under Address to remove: select your email alias and click Submit.
   
   
3. The selected email alias is now deactivated.